The application of the Open Source movement to biology is another way in which technologies and bodies can intertwine, touching on the tensions between private property (both patents and selves) and science as an aspirational public good. For the moment, we can find an open source language for programming cells, the&nbsp;BioBricks Foundation,&nbsp;Open Wetware, and physical spaces for workshops and experiments, like Genspace.

But, you may ask, is biohacking really a thing? It&rsquo;s not like you can get a home CRISPR machine &ndash; at least, not quite yet. (For a fun if slightly noisy overview of CRISPR, listen to science reporter Carl Zimmer on Radiolab: “Of CRISPR and dragons&rdquo;).&nbsp;But even without a kitchen-counter gene-editing appliance to slide in next to your bread machine, CRISPR technology leaves us with plenty to discuss.

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